Arvi

UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

Eagle + wood; warrior

Arvi has been given to 25 babies in the U.S. since 1916. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1916, with 5 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 60% boys, 40% girls all-time.

Babies named Arvi, 2019

1 in 694,000

Arvi over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Arvi over time

In 2022, Arvi went to 100% girls and 0% boys.

19162022

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Arvi: meaning, origin, and history

Eagle + wood; warrior

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Arvi means

Arvi means “eagle + wood; warrior”, associated with arn and viðr.

Origin, language, and formation

Arvi is used in Estonian and Finnish.

Arvi comes through Old Norse Arnviðr.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Arved, Arnviðr and Arvid.

Pronunciation and spelling

In Finnish, Arvi is pronounced /ˈɑrʋi/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 15 boys were recorded with the name Arvi between 1916 and 2019. Its highest annual count was 5 in 1916; its best national rank was #3,937 in 1916.

In the United States, 10 girls were recorded with the name Arvi between 2014 and 2022. Its highest annual count was 5 in 2014; its best national rank was #15,578 in 2022.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Arvi?

Arvi had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2019, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2019: 1 in 694,000; 5 of 3,472,229 births
Among boys only: 1 in 359,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 2019: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 481,354 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Arvi sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2019 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 481,354 children born in 2019 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Arvi. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Arvis were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Arvi was born before 1921 — so the typical Arvi is around 104 today.

Median birth year: 1921; About 104 years old
Biggest decade: 1910s; 33.3% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 33.3%; Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950: 5; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1910s — 33.3% of all recorded uses (5).

Is Arvi rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 1916 (5)
Years since peak: 109; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Not enough data; Too few years
Best rank ever: #3,937; 1916

Spellings of Arvi

Arvi is not the most common spelling — Marvin is, with 25.4% against Arvi's <0.01%.

Marvin25.4%254,192
Levi21.5%215,013
Alvin16.1%161,414
Irvin4.0%39,922
Ervin3.9%38,991
Ali3.4%34,383
Arlo2.4%24,245
Aron2.1%21,235

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Arvi around the world

Where Arvi ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

England & Wales
2015–2025
#5,137
in 2025
France
2021–2021
#6,258
in 2021

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics and Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques. ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0.

Arvi by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #3,937; 1916
Peak year: 1916; 5 that year
First recorded: 1916
Last recorded: 2019
All-time count: 15
Count in 2025: Under 5

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #15,578; 2022
Peak year: 2014; 5 that year
First recorded: 2014
Last recorded: 2022
All-time count: 10
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Arvi

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Arvy Arve Arven Arvol Arvik Arvaan Arvey Arvan Arvill Arvile Arvon Arvani Arval Arvard Arvene Arvion Arvand Arvle Arvo Arvydas Arvelle Arvester Arvine Arvie

Sibling names for Arvi

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Era Leatha Leone Hettie Cecil Ona Elda Erna

For a brother

Winfield Dorsey Isadore Hyman Regis Sydney Meyer Gustave

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